Specimens of Prose CompositionCharles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough Ginn, 1907 - 478 oldal |
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xviii. oldal
... never known anything but the greatest attention from them . And it cannot be for the value of our custom now , for what is our consumption of bread , you know ? only three of us . Be- sides , dear Jane , at present , - and she really ...
... never known anything but the greatest attention from them . And it cannot be for the value of our custom now , for what is our consumption of bread , you know ? only three of us . Be- sides , dear Jane , at present , - and she really ...
16. oldal
... never inflicts pain . This description is both refined and , as far as it goes , accurate . He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder 5 the free and unembarrassed action of those about him ; and he concurs with ...
... never inflicts pain . This description is both refined and , as far as it goes , accurate . He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder 5 the free and unembarrassed action of those about him ; and he concurs with ...
17. oldal
... never speaks of himself except when compelled , never defends himself by a mere retort , he has no ears for slander or gossip , is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him , and interprets everything for the best ...
... never speaks of himself except when compelled , never defends himself by a mere retort , he has no ears for slander or gossip , is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him , and interprets everything for the best ...
25. oldal
... the portal of the teeth . Some- 30 thing like what we mean must never be counted equiva- lent to what we mean . And if we are not sure of our meaning or of our word , we must pause until SELF - CULTIVATION IN ENGLISH 25.
... the portal of the teeth . Some- 30 thing like what we mean must never be counted equiva- lent to what we mean . And if we are not sure of our meaning or of our word , we must pause until SELF - CULTIVATION IN ENGLISH 25.
28. oldal
... never co - operated before , so as to set forth with distinctness that which just we , not other people , have seen or felt . 10 The reason why we do not naturally have this daring exactitude is probably twofold . We let our experiences ...
... never co - operated before , so as to set forth with distinctness that which just we , not other people , have seen or felt . 10 The reason why we do not naturally have this daring exactitude is probably twofold . We let our experiences ...
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389. oldal - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
312. oldal - During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
312. oldal - I looked upon the scene before me — upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain, upon the bleak walls, upon the vacant eye-like windows, upon a few rank sedges, and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees, with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium, the bitter lapse into every-day life, the hideous dropping off of the veil.
23. oldal - No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
313. oldal - ... among considerations beyond our depth. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate, its capacity for sorrowful impression ; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling...
312. oldal - DURING THE WHOLE of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
313. oldal - It was a mystery all insoluble ; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered.
278. oldal - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
14. oldal - He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome.
279. oldal - There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs.